YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1059, 19 November 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Arrival of the Suez Mail. The Health of the Pope. Panic in Russia. Great Fire in London. Hew Polar Expedition. Bluff, November 18. The 8.8. Eingarooma arrived in port this morning with the Suez mail on board. Sir Julius Vogel, with the approval of Ibt Board of Trade, has presented, on the part of the New Zsnhui QorenneiA, a £o pots

to each of the Portland fishermen who went out to the rescue of the survivors of the collision between the Avalanche and the Forest. The condition of the Pope’s health has assumed a new aspect. He is suffering from very great prostration. He easily and frequently falls asleep, and has barely strength enough to give attention to any business. A Camarilla commands at the Vatican, and acts in the name of the Pope, and it is stated that a period of contusion and intrigue has commenced, which is preparatory to a crisis. Some of the Cardinals are holding meetings to provide for any emergency. It is stated in a telegram, dated Cracow, September 21st, that a general panic has been produced in Russia by the latest war news, and that the peasants are flying into the forests for fear of a fresh enlistment. There is a general feeling of open hostility to the Government.

Admiral DeHorsey has been ordered home, to explain his attack on the Huascar, One of the largest fires in the east of London that has taken place for some years occurred on the 24th September at some oil and colour manufacturer’s at Millwall. The loss was very great. Eourteen land engines, besides three water engines, were brought into requisition, and over a thousand [firemen were present. A colliery strike has occurred in the province of Hainault, Belgium, Riots took place at Wasmes, and troops and gendarmes had to restore order.

The marriage of Don Alfonso, King of Spain, with the daughter of the Duke De Montpensier, is definitely arranged. Hostilities have again broken out between the Dutch and Acheen,

A new expedition to the North Pole, to be conducted by private enterprise, with a steamer provisioned for three years, is proposed. Commander Cheync, R.N., has initiated the affair. The Russian armies are said (.0 have lost 62,000 by disease since entering Turkey. Their sanitary arrangements are described by all correspondents to be as bad as possible, Mr Layard, military attache with Suiteman Pasha’s army, has died at Kasanlik, and has been buried with military honors. The crews of the British fleet in Besika Bay have been undergoing a course of military drill for defending ships against torpedoes. The Admiralty has ordered thirty torpedo boats from Messrs Thornycroft’s yard at Cheswick. Several of the Turkish commanders are taking strong measures to repress outrages by tiie Circassians and Bashi-Bazouks. The commander at Silistria has 500 of them working in chains.

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [eeuteb’s special to press agency.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, November 17. Parliament is to assemble on the 27th inst, A commission has been appointed to secure the representation of the colony at the Paris Exhibition. Active steps have been taken to procure subscriptions for the Indian Famine Relief Fund. Melbourne sends £21,500; Sydney and Adelaide, £9OOO each. [Per Ringarooma, via Bluff.] Melbourne, November 13. The Council is unlikely to get much from the Governor on the presentation of their address regarding payment of members. The reply is already known, although the address will not be presented until to day, and the effect of it is that the Governor will be guided by the advice of his Ministers. Considerable progress has been made with the tariff in Committee of Ways and Means, but the Bill to be considered by the Assembly ou Thursday was quite a different one in many respects from that previously submitted. It is the intention of the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to consider the tariff during the recess with a view of securing permanence. The Spring Race Meeting concluded on Saturday. It was a grand day, and the ladies came out in force, while their costumes were elegant and varied. The settling yesterday was scarcely in favor of the bookmakers, yet so far there have been no defaulters, arrangements having been promptly met. During gunnery practice by the Nelson in Hobson’s Bay on Friday, a shell bounded from the water on shore at St. Kilda, and ■went through a workshop, which was luckily unoccupied at the time, owing to the holiday. It then proceeded nearly a quarter of a mile, and made a large hole in the brick wall of a house. It was extremely fortunate that no one was killed or injured. On Sunday morning a gatekeeper named Harris and his wife were killed by a passing train on the North-Eastern line before they could open the gates. Levy, the cornet player, is a passenger by the Ringarooma. He yesterday filed his schedule in order to obtain release from actions brought against him by professionals.

INTEBPBOVINOIAL. [PEE PEKOS AGENCY,] Wellington Mayoral Election. Auckland, November 17. The first meeting of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club took place to-day at Ellerslie Gardens, and passed off in an eminently satisfactory manner. About 1100 persons were present. The management of the sports was highly satisfactory, each event going off at the precise time fixed. The races were keenly contested, and in some cases there were most exciting finishes. The prizes consisted of trophies, no money being given. New Plymouth, November 17. The Mayor remits another £2OO to London to-day for the Indian Eamine Fund, making £4OO from Taranaki. The country lists are not all in yet. Wellington, November 17. The only nominations for Mayor to-day were Mr Joe Dransfield, formerly mayor, and Mr George Elliott Barton, Mr Hutchison, the late Mayor, having withdrawn from the contest. The Mayor has received a communication from the Government to the effect that in future all sums forwarded for the Indian Famine Belief Fund will be telegraphed to London free of charge. £2OOO in all have been telegraphed home from here. An attempt is being made to establish a Deep Sea Fishing Company. It is intended to carry on trawling at Fort Underwood, and to have a curing and smoking shed t 'ere. It is stated on good authority that the value of property destroyed by the fire at Gisborne is equal in amount to the total aajjuot af the feto iwawcjp yreiwufflf

to the various insurance companies at Gisborne and Napier during the last two years. Dunedin, November 17.

At the adjourned inquiry touching the death of Ann Harper, the medical evidence attributed death to a blow on the head with a weapon. It could not have resulted from a fall. In the deceased’s house the police found an iron weapon on which were several hairs. The room was saturated with blood. The jury returned a verdict of “Manslaughter” against the husband. The total contributions to the famine fund to date are £3Bll.